Mississippi Business Journal » waters http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 24 May 2013 20:36:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 River stage forces closure of waters to oystermen http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/12/20/river-stage-forces-closure-of-waters-to-oystermen/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=river-stage-forces-closure-of-waters-to-oystermen http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/12/20/river-stage-forces-closure-of-waters-to-oystermen/#comments Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:02:47 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=67123 GULF OF MEXICO — The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) has closed Area II “A” Conditionally Approved Waters, Area II “B” Conditionally Approved Waters and Area II “D” Conditionally Approved Waters to the harvest of oysters due to the Pearl River stage exceeding the 10-foot management plan criteria for these areas. This includes: • [...]

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